a lot of negatives ...
1-11 round: 0 wins 1 draw 10 losses
12-22 round: 3 wins 0 draws 8 losses
for me ...
postivies: Foley, Thursfield, McGuane, Pattison, Edwards, Riewoldt
jackson tagging i like ...
brown, pettifer, edwards work well across half forward ...
richardson good ... kicking lets him down ... but another good year ...
deledio ... good 2nd half of year ...
Pattison ... is a ruckman ... very good year ...
King has a go ... could be promoted up ...
Foley ... great
2nd half of year looked better then first ... obviously ...
Hall, Kingsley, Knoble, Gaspar are all gone ...
No. 20, 18, 13, 2 ... give to young players ...
should be more to go ... Hyde, Moore, Tivendale, Hartigan, P Bowden ...
2nd Pick ... get a "Gun" midfielder ...
pick up Neville with late pick ... why not ... he wants an opportunity in the AFL ...
i believe we need a spine ...
need to bulk up ... each player needs to put weight on ... expect Richardson ...
Simmonds, Coughlan, Brown (half a year), Polo (half a year) didn't play ...
add them in and we are looking good ...
very disapointing year obviously ... but we willn't finish 16th in 2008 ...
midfield in 2008: Coughlan, Foley, Deledio, Tambling, Jackson, Johnson, Tuck
ruck: Simmonds, Pattison
half forward: Richardson, Brown, Pettifer, Edwards, Riewoldt, Tambling, Jay, Hughes
backline: Newman, Raines, Joel (senior players) McGuane, Thursfield, Polak (chb)
i couldn't see the light with the first 11 rounds ...
but the last 11 rounds i saw some ...
no prdictions yet ... though we willn't win only 3 and a half matches ...
though ... Melbourne, Collingwood and Essendon wins were very sweet !!!
my prediction for Best and Fairest ...
1st - Nathan Foley
2nd - Joel Bowden
3rd - Brett Deledio
4th - Matthew Richardson
5th - Chris Newman
6th - Kayne Pettifer/ Graham Polak
8th - Shane Tuck
9th - Andrew Raines/Nathan Brown
Best First Year Player: Jake King
Most Improved: Brett Deledio, Daniel Jackson, Adam Pattison
Kane Johnson ... bad year ... captaincy ??? ... i think he will keep it ... players see him as the right player
other captains ... Nathan Brown, Joel Bowden
young future captains ... Chris Newman, Mark Coughlan
take care guys ... once again another bad year ... with good signs ... lets hope (like usual) that our 100th VFL/AFL year we make the finals ...
Terry Wallace is the right man for Richmond ... though another 2007 season ... and he willn't be here this time next year !!!
Go Richmond !!!
